What do the Red Sox fans think of this?

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    What do the Red Sox fans think of this?

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    Thats why they suck [;)]
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    Thorne backed off Thursday after talking to Mirabelli before the Red Sox played the Orioles. Thorne said Mirabelli had been joking.
     
     
    "He said one thing, and I heard something else. I reported what I heard and what I honestly felt was said," Thorne said. "Having talked with him today, there's no doubt in my mind that's not what he said, that's not what he meant. He explained that it was in the context of the sarcasm and the jabbing that goes on in the clubhouse.
    "I took it as something serious, and it wasn't," Thorne said.
    Mirabelli confirmed the story, saying, "He knows that I believe 100 percent that I thought the sock had blood on it. It never crossed my mind that there wasn't blood on that sock. If he misinterpreted something said inside the clubhouse, it's unfortunate."

    Thorne sounds like an idiot.
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    what a bunch of malarkey!  he was just mad because the orioles can't seem to get out of the AL cellar, and the red sox completely OWN them....[:)]

    seriously, it WOULD be pretty lame if it was painted... but it's in the hall of fame- all we have to do is pull it down and do some DNA testing to find out[;)]
     
    ETA it's about as lame as suggesting varitek is on steroids, a possibility that i HAVE considered....  i would have to rename my dog if it ever came out as true[:@]
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    Shaking my head in disbelief.  What a crock!
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    I'm not saying that he did use paint, but even if he did, what does it matter?  IMO, you do whatever you have to do to help your team win.  If he did paint the sock,  GREAT  JOB, he inspired his team & ended up winning the World Series because of it.
     
    Just for the record, I'm not a Red Sox fan.  I just think that you do what you have to do the help your team win.
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    AMEN, amanda!  victory at all costs!  (except illegal ones.[;)])
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    Nope guys, I've got that game on tape and the blood increased while he was on the mound.  It didn't get bigger after he'd had a chance to go to the dugout and add more paint....the blood increased VISABLY on the mound, on camera for all the viewing world to see.
     
    Plus, knowing the mentality of baseball, someone HAS that sock carefully preserved to be put in the Hall of Fame one day.  It *could* potentially be tested.  That sock is part of the Red Sox legend and no trainer would have just tossed it in the wash.  That sock is as much part of the Red Sox history now as the Curse of the Babe.
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    There is a sports talk radio station here that pretty much all Red Sox all the time during the season.
    Yesterday, they had the doctor who did the surgery on.  And, he explained what happened, why he was bleeded, they had to pull a stitch that was bothering him.  And, it was just a small amount of bleeding, a lot less than what looked like was on the sock.  But, because the sock was cotton, you know how cotton absorbs and the area got bigger. 
     
    Anyway, I just have a hard time imagining him between innings. . ."hey, you got any Benjamin Moore, red. . . .???"
    He'd have to be mentally ill to do something like that.
     
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    He'd have to be mentally ill to do something like that

     
    Major League pitchers are not really normal people a lot of the time. Not saying they're ill...just erm 'different'. They're like Goalies...they do things that make NO sense because they're superstitious....they have rituals akin to OCD...they are sometimes temperamentally difficult. It's the pressure sure...but I think a lot of that is something they make because they feel they "are" the team. I mean player don't sit near a pitcher with a no hitter...because they don't want to disturb his mojo or be the one that gets blamed by said picther for doing so...lol.